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Current Emergencies

Thanks to the ever-growing number of offices around the world, it takes the UNICEF emergency response teams less than 48 hours to respond to distress – supplying food, medical equipment, and so much more. Discover which parts of the world are seeking our help by clicking on the latest emergency appeals below. You can also find out what you can do to help us relieve their suffering.

    • Tents serve as temporary shelters for families who lost homes in the earthquake in Kashmir. This photo was taken by Saad, 14. Photo: UNICEF/HQ06-1242/Saad Jahangir
    • Emergencies
    • Help UNICEF to be prepared when aid is urgently needed.
    • Elijah is severely malnourished. He receives special high-calorie food from UNICEF at the Provide Clinic in Korogocho, Kenya. © UNICEF Kenya 2011/Karin Schermbrucker
    • East Africa Children's Crisis
    • Right now, 6.7 million children in famine-hit East Africa are in need of urgent help. More than 320,000 have severe acute malnutrition, meaning they are surviving on dangerously little food and need urgent life-saving help.